Read full poem →you may look at ’em, they ’aven’t known trouble--yet they was with me
all the time. Why, there’ve been days when I’ve not ’ad enough to eat
myself. And what ’ave fed me? Just to ’ear ’em laugh and think they
Dictionary Entry
Any period of 24 hours.
In a Sentence
“I've been here for two days and a bit.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
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Poetry examples for “days”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Think rather,-call to thought, if now you grieve a little,
The days when we had rest, O soul, for they were long.
Read full poem →Nor grey the twelvemonth through;
And I shall meet good days and mirth,
And range the lovely lands of earth
Read full poem →Nightly nodding o'er your flocks,
See my weary days consuming,
All beneath yon flowery rocks.
Read full poem →And sure such kind good creatures may be living.
In days of old, they pardon'd breach of vows,
Stern Cato's self was no relentless spouse: 30
Read full poem →(A sigh the absent claims, the dead a tear,)
Recall those nights that closed thy toilsome days,
Still hear thy Parnell in his living lays,
Read full poem →12 Luxurious lobster-nights, farewell,
For sober studious days!
And Burlington's delicious meal,
Read full poem →Blest, who can unconcern'dly find
Hours, days, and years slide soft away, 10
In health of body, peace of mind,
Read full poem →Hard by a sty, beneath a roof of thatch,
Dwelt Obloquy, who in her early days
Baskets of fish at Billingsgate did watch,
Read full poem →Or the small pillow grace a lady's bed,
While visits shall be paid on solemn days,
When numerous wax-lights in bright order blaze,